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any problem with a gnex relock bootloader after rooted?

as tittle.
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yylau said:
as tittle.
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No problem. Although if you lock it you will have to unlock it again to flash another rom/kernel and unlocking it wipes your phone so its just as easy to leave it unlocked.

don't re-lock it. You'll wipe your device unlocking it again. Just leave unlocked there's no reason not to.

Root with the update 4.0.4

Anyone know if any place has an update on how to root the nexus on Verizon with the latest 4.0.4 update. Everywhere I check they are still using 4.0.2.
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It's the same method.
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I tried it, I even used the option to do the 4.0.4. But when I was trying the do the fast reboot part, it wouldn't give me the right options.do you have a video I can follow, this is my first time rooting my phone.

Its the exact same method. Unlike most devices, on a Nexus phone, there's no exploit required to root the device. If your bootloader is unlocked then you should have no problem using the exact same steps as 4.0.2.
Unless you're trying to root via exploit w/ a locked bootloader, which the ability to do so has been removed in 4.0.4.

I'm phone was just updated and it was locked when it was updated, dies that matter?
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Dengel089 said:
I'm phone was just updated and it was locked when it was updated, dies that matter?
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Taking an OTA update doesn't lock your bootloader... maybe you misspoke.
In order to root, you need to unlock the bootloader. The only reason why some people were able to root 4.0.2 without unlocking the bootloader was there was a slight exploit that allowed it. As I said, that exploit is not there in 4.0.4.
Just unlock the bootloader. Takes about 5 seconds as part of the root process. It will wipe your phone.

Ok thanks so much for the quick responses. I'm pretty stupid when it comes to this stuff, trying to learn. Thanks again
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Stock ROMs and Warranty Question

I am wondering if I flash a stock ROM to my Gnex, will it void the warranty?
Thanks!

You'll have to unlock the boot loader in order to flash so I'm assuming yes.
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I guess the answers here and here were not good enough?

efrant said:
I guess the answers here and here were not good enough?
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You clearly didn't give him the answer he wanted to hear (twice) :cyclops:

Good old fashioned crossposting. Brings back the usenet days.

I didn't find them there...
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Let me make this clear (Hopefully),
In order to flash ANY ROMs, you have to either boot into or flash the custom recovery (Such as TWRP or Clockworkmod). In order to do that, you need to unlock your bootloader. If you unlock your bootloader, you will void your warranty. SO the answer is yes.
HOWEVER, If you EVER need to send it to Samsung, you just need to flash the stock ROM, radio, etc (If you ever need to go back to stock, Efrant has an amazing thread about it), and then just re-lock your bootloader. Then, you'll get your warranty back. Beauty of Nexus devices if you ask me.

OK I am glad that someone will explain it very well for people like me.
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For me . I just flashed yakju image and locked the bootloader and I have a Yakjudv variant which of course I changed
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DiamondPixels said:
OK I am glad that someone will explain it very well for people like me.
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I'm glad you understand
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

[Q] about rooting

So i am enjoying my galaxy nexus for over a year now. Had a prety bad experiance with previous phone (sony ericsson xperia x8). Last phone was crap, so i rooted it and and changed rom. I thought i will never want to root my galaxy nexus, but probably the sole reason for me to do it is so i could connect my ps3 controler through bluetooth. I did some research about it with some success but i'm still a bit confused, so i want to ask a few questions about rooting before doing it.
On xperia x8 the rooting came before unlocking bootloader, on galaxy nexus as i see it is the other way around ? Back in the days when i had x8 there was a lot of warnings everywhere that i can brick my phone, but as i read about galaxy nexus rooting i dont find much warnings, is it any safer ? There is a toolkit i found called Nexus Root Toolkit by WugFresh that would do about every thing that i need to root it, but is it safe to use ? There is another guy who asked about how to root galaxy nexus and another guy said that he shouldnt trust the toolkit and that flashing custom recovery is safer. Also, does rooting somehow depend on my phones date of assembly or any nuber behind the batery just like it did on xperia x8 if i remember corectly?
Sorry for bad english.
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that toolkit is good to go... no problems when using it.
custom recovery included in that toolkit. twrp preferred..
galaxy nexus i9250 > 4.4.2 slimkat

Please use fastboot. It is really easy and failure proof.
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I also had Xperia X8 before Galaxy Nexus and I know what are you worried about. First of all, every Galaxy Nexus can be unlocked and rooted easily (it doesn't depends on manefacturing date as on X8). All you need to do is Unlock bootloader via fastboot and install custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) and flash SuperSU zip through recovery. As it's Nexus device, it's really easy. There are many tutorials around, so it shouldn't be a problem
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One more question. Will i loose everything from my phone memory after unlocking bootloader and rooting?
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xdomisx said:
One more question. Will i loose everything from my phone memory after unlocking bootloader and rooting?
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After unlocking yes. Rooting not. Flashing factory image yes.
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[Q] Why unlock BootLoader?

3 Questions regarding unlocking bootloader
1. Is there a reason why do we unlock bootloader for the Nexus7 (2013)?
We can use custom kernels etc, but anything else?
2. Any implications of unlocking bootloader? I understand for Sony, if you unlock bootloader, you will lose DRM keys, X-Reality, Bravia Engine etc.
How about for Nexus 7 (2013)?
3. Can I still root without unlocking bootloader?
Many thanks in advanced!

Here's a link to the sticky in this forum which should help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380721
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Jhall8 said:
Here's a link to the sticky in this forum which should help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380721
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thanks Jhal, being in XDA for sometime i know always look for FAQ first.
But only part of my questions were answered.
The part regarding the implications/disadvantages arent answered.
Thanks for your time!

You're welcome. I can't think of any disadvantage to unlocking the bootloader on the Nexus 7. Even if you need to return it under the warranty, you can relock the bootloader. With an unlocked device, you can unroot/reroot and flash custom ROMs. I ran my Nexus 7 stock unrooted for a few days, but then unlocked and rooted. I backed up my stock 4.4.2 system, and then flashed Paranoid Android, PA Gapps, and Supersu.
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You can't flash some of the best roms out there, including cyanogenmod or paranoidandroid. For stock based roms should be fine without it.

Don't unlock if you are not going to install custom room, not worth the trouble
Nam Huy Linux http://namhuy.net

Can't root a Nexus 7 without unlocking the bootloader first either. If stock is fine for you then leave it locked. Otherwise fastboot oem unlock.
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